387 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
287 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
269 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
650 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4620 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
598 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
258 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1657 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
547 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
556 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
116 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1775 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1909 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1015 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1372 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
724 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
38281 | Morohashi |
1515 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5953 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
717 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
774 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
395 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
790 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 軽 【ケイ】 light (e.g. aircraft, truck), light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp), kei car
- 軽快 【ケイカイ】 light (of movements), nimble, sprightly, springy, light-hearted, cheerful, buoyant, jaunty, casual (e.g. clothing), rhythmical (e.g. melody), taking a turn for the better (of an illness), receding of symptoms, recovery, convalescence
- 軽々 【ケイケイ】 indiscreetly, thoughtlessly, carelessly, frivolously
- 酌量減軽 【シャクリョウゲンケイ】 reduction of punishment in the light of extenuating circumstances
- 軽忽 【キョウコツ】 indiscreet, thoughtless, absurd, laughable, disdaining, belittling
- 常不軽 【ジョウフキョウ】 Sadaparibhuta (bodhisattva)
- 剽軽 【ヒョウキン】 facetious, droll, funny
Kun reading compounds
- 軽い 【かるい】 light (i.e. not heavy), feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily), light (i.e. of foot), effortless, nimble, agile, non-serious, minor, unimportant, trivial, slight, small, gentle, soft, easy, lighthearted (e.g. joke), easy, simple, indiscriminate
- 軽石 【かるいし】 pumice stone
- 軽やか 【かろやか】 light, easy, non-serious, minor
- 軽んじる 【かろんじる】 to look down on, to make light of
Readings
- Korean:
- gyeong
Spanish
- ligero
- insignificante
- poco serio
- fácil
Portuguese
- ligeiramente
- insignificante
- sem importância
French
- léger
- insignifiant
- sans importance
1572 | 2001 Kanji |
7c5.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-5 | SKIP code |
5701.4 | Four corner code |
1-23-58 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8efd | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
110 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 度 【ド】 degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.), counter for occurrences, strength (of glasses), glasses prescription, alcohol content (percentage), alcohol by volume, extent, degree, limit, presence of mind, composure
- 度 【ド】 precisely, exactly, plumb, totally, very much, damn, stupid, cursed
- 重度 【ジュウド】 severe (illness, disability, etc.), serious
- 濃度 【ノウド】 concentration, density, cardinality
- 法度 【ハット】 ban, prohibition, taboo, something forbidden, law, ordinance (esp. in the middle ages)
- ご法度 【ゴハット】 forbidden, prohibited, banned, taboo
- 忖度 【ソンタク】 surmise (about someone's feelings), guess, conjecture, (showing) deference (to), consideration (of someone's wishes), servility
- 臆度 【オクタク】 guessing, speculation, supposition, hypothesis
Kun reading compounds
- 度 【たび】 time (three times, each time, etc.), times
- 度数 【どすう】 frequency, number of times, incidence, degree (e.g. temperature), strength (e.g. alcohol, lens, etc.)
- 中度 【なかたび】 midway (through), halfway
- 千度 【せんど】 thousand times
Readings
- Japanese names:
- のり
- Korean:
- do, tag
Spanish
- grado
- vez
- veces
Portuguese
- graus
- ocorrência
- tempo
- sufixo para contagem de para ocorrências
French
- degré
- occurrence
- fois
- compteur d'occurrences
288 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
377 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
356 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
83 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1511 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
252 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
165 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1009 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
377 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
378 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
333 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
588 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3844 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1974 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2670 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1202 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
9313 | Morohashi |
3100 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1616 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1194 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1278 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
72 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
340 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
567 | 2001 Kanji |
3q6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-6 | SKIP code |
3-3-5 | SKIP code |
0024.7 | Four corner code |
1-37-57 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5ea6 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
889 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 懸賞 【ケンショウ】 offering a prize, prize competition, prize, reward
- 懸案 【ケンアン】 pending question, unresolved problem
- 倒懸 【トウケン】 hanging (someone) upside down
- 懸案 【ケンアン】 pending question, unresolved problem
- 懸念 【ケネン】 worry, fear, anxiety, concern
- 鈴懸 【スズカケ】 plane tree (esp. the Oriental plane, Platanus orientalis), hemp overgarment worn by Shugendō practitioners
- 手掛け 【テカケ】 handle, mistress, kept woman, concubine
Kun reading compounds
- 掛ける 【かける】 to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall), to let hang, to suspend (from), to hoist (e.g. sail), to raise (e.g. flag), to put on (e.g. a blanket), to put on top of, to cover, to lay, to spread, to put on (glasses, etc.), to wear (a necklace, etc.), to make (a call), to spend (time, money), to expend, to use, to pour (liquid) onto, to sprinkle (powder or spices) onto, to splash, to throw (e.g. water) onto, to turn on (an engine, radio, etc.), to set (a dial, alarm clock, etc.), to put on (a DVD, song, etc.), to use (a device, implement, etc.), to cause (someone inconvenience, trouble, etc.), to burden (someone), to impose, to multiply (arithmetic operation), to secure (e.g. lock), to take a seat, to sit, to rest (something on something else), to support (something on something else), to bind, to wager, to bet, to risk, to stake, to gamble, to put an effect (spell, anaesthetic, etc.) on, to hold (a play, festival, etc.), to hold an emotion for (pity, hope, etc.), to argue (in court), to deliberate (in a meeting), to present (e.g. idea to a conference, etc.), to increase further, to catch (in a trap, etc.), to set atop, to erect (a makeshift building), to apply (insurance), to pun (on a word), to use (a word) as a pivot word, to play on words, to be partway doing ..., to begin (but not complete) ..., to be about to ..., to address (someone), to direct (something, to someone), to do (something, to someone)
- 掛かる 【かかる】 to take (a resource, e.g. time or money), to hang, to come into view, to arrive, to come under (a contract, a tax), to start (engines, motors), to attend, to deal with, to handle, to have started to, to be on the verge of, to overlap (e.g. information in a manual), to cover, to (come) at, to be fastened, to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.), to be caught in, to get a call, to depend on
Readings
- Korean:
- hyeon
Spanish
- suspender
- colgar
- depender
- estar suspendido
Portuguese
- suspender
- pendurar
- 10%
- instalar
- depender
- consultar
French
- suspendre
- pendre
- 10%
- installer
- dépendre
- consulter
1225 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1275 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1790 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1283 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1328 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2984 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
911 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
933 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
450 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
806 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3632 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1855 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2532 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1406 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
11462 | Morohashi |
2915 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2011 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1394 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1495 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1930 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1258 | 2001 Kanji |
4k16.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-16-4 | SKIP code |
6233.9 | Four corner code |
2233.9 | Four corner code |
1-23-92 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
61f8 | Unicode hex code |
wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
- On:
- ネン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
390 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 念 【ネン】 sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, concern, attention, care
- 念願 【ネンガン】 one's heart's desire, one's dearest wish
- 執念 【シュウネン】 tenacity, persistence, obsession, implacability
- 通念 【ツウネン】 common idea, common wisdom, generally accepted idea
Readings
- Korean:
- nyeom
Spanish
- deseo
- pensamiento
- sentimiento
Portuguese
- desejo
- sentido
- idéia
- pensamento
- sentimento
- atenção
French
- désir
- souhait
- sens
- idée
- pensée
- sentiment
- attention
689 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
590 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
561 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
469 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
424 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
316 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
532 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
670 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
579 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
588 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1117 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
774 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2554 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1304 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1773 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1604 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
10390 | Morohashi |
2059 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1800 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1590 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1715 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
333 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
514 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2858 | 2001 Kanji |
2a6.24 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-6 | SKIP code |
2-4-4 | SKIP code |
8033.2 | Four corner code |
1-39-16 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5ff5 | Unicode hex code |